4/19/1989 USS Iowa’s number 2 turret explodes during tests off Puerto Rico; 47 crew members die. 4/19/1989 Aboard USS Iowa (BB-61), 47 sailors were killed when the 16″ turret two exploded. 4/25/1989 Missouri moored at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. 5/24/1989...
7/6/1988 Missouri moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain John J. Chernesky, USN, relieved Captain James A. Carney, USN, as commanding officer of the Missouri. 7/8/1988 Missouri under way for Exercise RimPac æ88 in the Hawaiian operating area. 7/26/1988 Missouri en...
10/13/1987 The Navy Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC. 12/9/1987 Missouri anchored at Freemantle, Australia. 12/22/1987 Missouri moored in Sydney, Australia. 1/1/1988 Missouri underway en route to Pearl Harbor in company with the Bunker Hill, Kansas City and...
7/10/1987 Missouri under way along with the cruisers Long Beach and Bunker Hill and destroyers, in the southern California operating area while participating in READIEX 87-5. 7/25/1987 Missouri en route to the Philippine Islands as part of Task Group 30.7, which also...
7/7/1986 Missouri anchored off the Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, while taking on ammunition. 7/28/1986 Missouri under way off San Clemente Island for naval gunfire support qualification. 8/4/1986 Missouri alternately under way off southern California for...
